Ellis v. Ellis
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Separate suits by Lucretia- Ellis against Abron Ellis and others and against Elmyra Ellis and another, consolidated for trial. Decrees for the plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
These are appeals from decrees in the Supreme Court of the District granting the prayers of appellee’s bills, the cases having been consolidated for trial. Appeal No. 3684 involves real estate, and appeal No. 3685. personalty, but both depend upon the samé set of facts.
In 1901, according to the averments of the bills and the evidence adduced, the appellee, Lucretia Ellis, was married to James N. Ellis in this city. Ellis then was without means and earning $5 or $6 a week as a cook. Mrs Ellis took in roomers and did washings, and the couple were able to save enough to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Whitney v. HaySupreme Court of the United States · 1901
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- Richardson v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1934